Mass

The children have enjoyed handling objects of different masses and developing their understanding of the terms heavy and light. We have used balance scales to measure which objects are lighter or heavier than others and we were surprised to discover that some bigger objects were lighter than smaller objects.

Capacity

The children have been introduced to the idea that capacity is the maximum amount that something can hold. We have considered how containers look when they are full and when they are empty. Predictions were made about which containers would hold the most objects or liquid and, again, we had a few surprisers. the tallest containers did not hold as many or as much as we anticipated.

Why not find some containers at home and compare how many Duplo/LEGO cubes/ they hold?